The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-07-02

handled at the Union Depot last month was the
largest in the history of the roads, there being
an unusually large number Of picnic and excur-
sion trains.
The mammoth duplex engine the Pennsylvania
is testing on Thursday hauled fifty loaded
freight cars from Chicago to Fort Wayne. 1t Is
proposed to make test trip between this en-
CINE and one of the Pennsylvania class IS"
engines. The duplex carries IT'S pounds OF
steam the class '.S' engines carry 125. In the
the test $50 pounds pressure will be used on
both engines and their records for hauling COM
pared.
The gas wells on the Lake Erie & Western
road are proving to be bonanza in business
way for the Lake Erie & Western road They
are developing new freight traffic and largely in
creasing travel over the line, and the benefits to
be derived in this direction it is thought are but
In their infancy, new towns are sprlnglng up
and the old towns are growing In the real West
style, Findlay being of the most impor-
tant points on the road.
The N. Y, P. & o. yesterday commenced the
sale or ], 000-mile tickets at $50, good on any
part of their system, and it is understood that
Two Indianapolis firms about to make SINH
announcement. The N Y, P. & 0. mileage
tickets, If bought by firm, are good for any
representative of it, and if bought By the head
of family may be used by any member of the
family, or by any representative one at at time.
This is the most important concession which
has been made by any Western road
Within the last twelve months six bridges
Indiana roads have shown signs of weakness,
and in four cases have gone down with trains on
body of Indiana that State in which there are
many railroads there should be a commission
whose duty, among other things, should be to
certain the condition of dges and trestles, and
it not safe order new ones erected in their place
In Massachusetts the chief business of the rail-
road commissioners the last few months has
been to look into the condition of the structures
crossing streams and streets
Surprises seem TO be the rule in railroad cir
cles. The Lake Erie & Western people have
but just announced that the sleeping coaches
run between indianapolis and Detroit had be-
Eel-river road notify them that they will haul
these coaches longer, and they came off last
night. To go to Detroit by this route one must
leave indianapolis at 1:30 P. NJ and arrive ct De-
troit at I1:30 P. NJ. By the bye, it is intimated
that the Bee line people endeavorng to
make some arrangement by which they can haul
a through coach between Indianapolis and De-
troit in connection with of the Northern
roads with which they connect in northern Ohio.
In commenting on the widening of the gauge
of the Toledo, St. Louis & Kansas City road, the
Boston Transcripts says ''It begins to look as if
the day were breaking in the affairs of this Bos
ton enterprise. made familiar by history about
as varied as that of any road in the country
The original intention was to construct a Sec
ton Of great narrow gauge system which ulti-
mately to extend from to ocean.
Operations began in 1882 and from that day to
this the line has been the subject of failures,
litigation and more trouble generally than falls
to the lot of an average of fifty roads in gen.
GRAFTON. 1t demonstrated however, that the
narrow-gauge idea was utterly falacious. AS
standard gauge road, it has future before it.